Autumnal equinox ....


23rd September 2018 (Autumnal Equinox).... 09.00     I feel better, and
The Ferry beach at 08.00.
have been for a decent walk along the beach;   having said that my legs feel a bit shaky, like I’ve had the ‘flu.  That would be annoying;  having the ‘flu two weeks before we get the ‘flu jab!   Anyway I feel better, and actually enjoyed having breakfast.   Now I need a cuppa before I consider what I’m going to do next.  
There’s a lovely, fresh autumn feel to the air this sunny morning;  we have the makings of a bonnie day, though it could feel cool in the fresh Northwest breeze.

09.45    Yes ... things are definitely back to normal in Ivy;   I found a bonnie trail of sandy footprints all the way from the front door, to ... well all over the place in Ivy.    Guess what I’m doing next?.... yep ‘ooverin’.     I do have a brush at the door to clean the sand off my shoes.... unfortunately I usually walk past it.
Lathallan Mill.
20.00      We’ve had a lovely day;  yes there has been a cool breeze, but nothing that a light jacket couldn’t  cope with.... and a woolly hat.     I’ve had a busy day.    I finished off some paperwork that needed doing,... and I made a temporary repair to the back door that will keep it working until I get a new door;   hopefully before the winter.    After I’d done all that it was lunch time.

With it being such a bonnie day I took the car up to Balcarres, and had a walk about the Lathallan Mill area.    It’s yeas since I last pottered about Lathallan Mill (corn and flour).    I forgot to have a look at the site of the mill dam;  that will be my next mission.    Douglas Dobbie was repairing the mill in the 1950’s because all the mill ‘machinery’ was in situ then.    I assume it will be more or less as he left it.   He died in the 1960’s.    I enjoyed my walk on what has been a really nice autumn day.    The Balcarres trees are beginning to change colour but it will be a week or two before they are in their full autumn colours.

We have a bonnie evening  which suggest that we will have another bonnie day
Balcarres Estate.
tomorrow.... albeit after a chilly start.    I have to go to Leven first thing, but I intend being back for coffee at Harbour House by 10.30.

I’m tired after all my exertions today, but I’m glad to be feeling back to normal again.  I will not be going out without some form of head covering again.   Which is what I did a week ago....  I should know better.   Ever since I had the shingles 18 years ago I cannot allow my head to get cold and wet.    The shower is fine .... it's hot.

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